The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-11
FROM THE STATE CAPITOL.


and you may rest assured it is getting
squarely down to business, and pass.
ing bills by the cart lead. The House
passed no less than forty approPria.
ton bills on Thursday of last, to say
nothing of the various others that
we're sent through finally on Tuesday
and Wednesday of the SAME week
In all the House has already passed
finally over two hundred bills, while
the Senate has sent over all on its cal.
endar, nearly the same number. The
House will likely grind out at least a
hundred more, besides acting on the
Senate bills, This will keep the mill
grinding night and day for the re.
mainder of the session.
There has been some talk that the
resolution to adjourn on the 10Th inst.
May be reconsidered and the time
changed one week later; this, how.
ever, will hardly be done, as the most
of the members have set their hearts
on getting away at that time, and it
will be hard to keep them here a day
over time. The consequence of this
will be some rather important
and a good deal of worthless
legislation will go by the board. For
be it understood, there have been some
very absurd and worthless measures
set before the legislature for its con-
sideration. Hardly a member but
has some pet scheme that he wants
made law. 1t don't require much
experience in this place to convince one
that body of Legislators can benefit
the county nearly as much by refusing
to pass bad laws as by enacting good
ones.
The bill providing for a uniformity
in school text books and preventing
change in the same oftener than five
years, no doubt very good measure
will likely fail of passage, as the sen.
timent is growing stronger against it,
and petitions, doubtless instigaled
by publishers of school books, have
been quite numerous against its pass.
age.
Another measure IN the failure of
which our county is deeply concerned,
will likely die for want of time TO pass
it is the bill to prevent cattle running
at large. And that won't grieve the
great majority of our people to any
great extent. 1t would be wise, how.
ever, for the people of Forest county
to prepare for this kind of law in
time, for there is scarcely doubt but
that the next legislature will send it
through a whooping. Nothing but
its position on the calendar, No. 321,
will prevent its enactment at this
time, but being down SO far it is not
at all likely to be reached, without a
special order, which is now about
among the impossibilities to get.
By-the'way, speaking of special
orders" reminds me that Representa-
tive Randall made a very luckey hit
on Friday in that Hdirection: aving
got resolution through making a spec.
ial order for his bill to allow the sale
of real estate owned by insane paup.
ers, by the overseers of the poor hav-
inc such insane paupers to maintain.
The bill passed second reading, and
will be made the special order for
final passage at 11:30 on the 10th.
This bill is something that has been
needed for some time, as under exist
ing laws towships and counties have
been compelled, often, to keep and
maintain insane persons who owned
real estate sufficient to keep them for
almost an indefinite period.
The Senate had nearly an all nights
rangle over the high license bill on
ednesday night, and amendments
by the score we're tackled on the bill
In fact it was SO fearfully mutilated
that its own daddy would scarcely rec
ognize it, and the general impression
seems to be that, unless greatly cor
rected on third reading, it is a deaC
duck for this session. 1t never wal
much Of bill any way as one lead
ing Senator remarked, "a mere jun
Bile of words" meaning nothing ant
correcting none of the abuses of in
temperance, the old law being Eft